KWASA to set up 320km sewerage line

With the aim to remove water logging problems and to modernise Khulna City, Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) has taken up a project to set up 320 km sewerage line and two water refining project.

KWASA will implement the project with the assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB) involving Tk 497 crore.

The purpose of the project is to make Khulna city free from water logging, and also to ensure congenial environment free from pollution and industrial garbage. 

KWASA sources said, the authority has already completed pre-feasibility survey and waste water management master plan. Appointment of consultant and design work for the project would start in November this year.

Rezaul Islam, executive engineer of KWASA, said a massive change will take place in the city after the implementation of the project.

A team of ADB visited Khulna in October last year to modernise sewerage activities in the city and a master plan has been submitted to the authority after completing pre-feasibly survey by IPI global and BITS consulting firms. The KWASA is working for implementing the master plan considering population of Khulna city by 2035.

The sewerage line will be set up into three phases as per master plan. The first phase will begin by this year and would continue for next 20 years. 

According to the master plan, waste water will flow into the treatment plant through pipe line. The water will be supplied to industrial units after treatment. 

Besides, a total of seven pump stations and two water refineries will be set up in the city for removing waste water. At least two crore liters of waste water will be purified at two treatment plants every day.

Managing Director of KWASA Md. Abdullah, said that the city will wear a new look after implementation of the project.

The project will be implemented by the year 2023, he said.

Source: BSS.